The article I read for this week’s news comment is called “Biden might just run the most aggressive effort to combat climate change in U.S.” The article is from Mic.com.

The article talks about Biden’s plan to try to combat climate change, which is exactly what this country needs after four years of Trump not even believing in climate change. Biden plans to staff his administration with people who believe that climate change is real and needs to be addressed. He is creating new positions focused entirely on climate change. Biden plans to act as soon as he gets into the office.

This article was very refreshing to read and makes me hopeful for our future. Having a president who didn’t even believe in climate change for the last four years has been so concerning and I am so glad we are going to have someone in office that cares about our planet.

I think this article was written very well and it seems very promising and gives readers a gleam of hope. They gave a lot of good information on Biden’s plan and how he was going to enact his plan.

I think this article was aimed at climate change activists and people who just care about the earth in general.

https://www.mic.com/p/biden-might-just-run-the-most-aggressive-effort-to-combat-climate-change-in-us-history-44340702

The profile I decided to do was on Chris Stapleton. The article is titled ‘Christ Stapleton On Standing Still and Starting Over and is from GQ. Stapleton is a country singer-songwriter and he is releasing a new album, Starting Over, tomorrow, November 13. He finished this album in Feburary just before the lockdown.

Over quarantine Stapleton decided to start riding a bicycle. He said “I’m 42 years old and decided it’s a good idea to start riding a mountain bike. It’s been good—just a kind of release. In no way am I going to switch careers or anything.” He said it helps him “turn off part of your brain” and help clears space for the creative process to take place.

Stapleton has taken his free time over quarantine to appreciate the life he usually gets to live and he looks forward to get back to living life on the road.

I think this article was very well written and really showcases who Stapleton is. At the end of the article there is a Q&A and I think that will help his fans really connect with him and be able to know his true feelings. I liked reading and being able to relate to longing for the world to go back to normal. As much as I miss live music, I can’t even imagine how much these artists miss performing.

The article I chose for this week’s news comment is called “Why election uncertainty is so hard to process, according to a psychologist.” The article is from Vox.com and was posted on November 4.

The article is about why this feeling of not knowing feels so uniquely awful. The short answer is that humans hate uncertainty. For a longer answer, the author went to Dr. Kevin Antshel, director of clinical training in the psychology department at Syracuse University. Dr. Antshel explained that as life has grown relatively more stable over the course of history, people crave that stability even more.

Dr. Antshel says that uncertainty is associated with depression and anxiety which is why this all feels so awful. Especially with all the access to social media and all of this negative media, it is not a great combination.

This article stuck out to me because I have been struggling with the election uncertainty. It’s the second day since the election and we still don’t have answers. I think the whole country hates this feeling of uncertainty. The world is complete chaos, especially on social media. My social media is filled with fake news of ‘election fraud’ and stopping the count and just a bunch of bull crap and that is even more disheartening.

I am glad this article was written because it is good to know that there is a reason why we are all feeling like this and it was good to read that there are legitimate reasons behind why we’re all feeling like this. I think this article was written specifically for that reason and it is aimed at people who are struggling to cope with this situation.

The article I choose for this week is called “The Fyre Fest guy was put in solitary confinement for taping a podcast in prison.” This article was posted to Mic.com on October 26.

The article talks about Billy McFarland, the mastermind behind the Fyre Festival scam of 2017. If you don’t know about the Fyre Festival, it was an event that McFarland created and was supposed to be a music festival in the Bahamas. When guests arrived they realized that there would be no guest artists, no five star food, and only tents to sleep in. It was a disaster and went viral on social media and Hulu and Netflix both put out documentaries about the Fyre Festival in 2019.

McFarland is currently serving 6 years in an Ohio penitentiary. He has been charged with several counts of wire fraud. Now, he is in solitary confinement for up to three months for taping a podcast from prison. His lawyer says nothing he did was illegal, but the feds punished him anyways.

I think this article is aimed at people who follow news around Billy McFarland and the Fyre Festival. I watched the Fyre Festival documentaries and I enjoyed watching them a lot so I like when I see news surrounded them. I like to know what McFarland is up to now. I honestly might listen to the podcast because I’m very curious to see what he has to say about everything.

I think this article did a good job of getting its point across. There were several quotes from McFarland’s lawyer and about the current situation but there was also enough background information so that if you didn’t really know about the Fyre Festival you could still read the article and know what is going on.